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Beti Bachao Beti Padhao

"Save the Girl Child" is a social initiative in India to fight against the practice of female foeticide. Our present Prime Minister has requested every section of the society to give whole hearted support to the "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao" abhiyan (initiative). ‘Beti Bachao’ means ‘save girl child’ and ‘Beti Padhao’ means ‘educate the girl child.’ Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao is a Government of India scheme that aims to generate awareness and improving the efficiency of welfare services meant for women. The scheme was initiated with an initial corpus of 100 crore (US$15 million). According to census data, the child sex Ratio (0-6 years) in India was 927 girls per 1,000 boys in 2001, which dropped drastically to 918 girls for every 1,000 boys in 2011. A 2012 UNICEF report has ranked India 41st among 195 countries. This book will serve as a valuable reference source on this subject and would be of great importance for the students, teachers and researchers.